Valeriya Mammadova (

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Korotenko, az, Valeriya Məmmədova; born 29 January 1984) is a retired Azerbaijani volleyball player who played as a Libero. She was a member of

Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team The Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team ( az, Azərbaycan qadın milli voleybol komandası) is formed by the Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation (AVF) and represents Azerbaijan in international CEV and FIVB tournaments. Competitive rec ...

and was selected as the Best Libero of European Volleyball Championship in

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and

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Career

Born in

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

, Valeriya first played volleyball at age nine and joined the school volleyball team. She played 180 times for the

and was awarded the best libero of

2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 24th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Pula and Zagreb, Croatia from 17 to 25 September ...

. Mammadova was a member of

Azerrail Baku Azerrail Baku ('' az, Azərreyl Bakı'') is an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club based in Baku. Azerrail is a three-time champion of Azerbaijan Superleague and the winner of CEV Cup in 2002 and Challenge Cup in 2011. History Azerrail was foun ...

and Volero Zurich before joining Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball team. She won the bronze medal at the

2008–09 CEV Cup The 2008–09 CEV Cup was the 37th edition of the European CEV Cup volleyball club tournament. Lokomotiv-Belogorie Belgorod beat Panathinaikos Athens in the finale. Colombian Liberman Agamez was chosen the Most Valuable Player of the tournament ...

playing with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem and was awarded "Best Receiver". She is married to Azerbaijani

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Nijat Mammadov. Mammadova played with

winning the 2015–16 Azerbaijan Super League championship and she became Best Libero.

Awards

Individuals

* ''2001-02 CEV Top Teams Cup "Best Libero"'' * ''2004-05 CEV Champions' League "Best Libero"'' * ''2005 European Championship "Best Libero"'' * ''2005 Yeltsin Cup "Best Libero"'' * ''2005-06 CEV Champions' League "Best Libero"'' * ''2006 FIVB World Grand Prix - European Qualification "Best Libero"'' * ''2006 FIVB World Grand Prix Preliminary Round "Best Libero"'' * ''2007-08 Turkish League "Best Libero"'' * ''2008-09 CEV Cup "Best Libero"'' * ''2010 World Championship 2nd Qualification Round "Best Receiver"'' * ''2010 World Championship 2nd Qualification Round "Best Libero"'' * ''2010 World Championship 3rd Qualification Round "Best Receiver"'' * ''2009-10 Azerbaijan Cup "Best Libero"'' * ''2010-2011 CEV GM Challenge Cup Final "Best Player"'' * '' 2015–16 Azerbaijan Super League "Best Libero"'' * '' 2017 European Championship "Best Libero"''

Club

* 2001-02

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...

Champion, with

* 2007 Swiss Women's Volleyball League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Voléro Zürich * 2008-09

Turkish Women's Volleyball League The Turkish Women's Volleyball League ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Voleybol 1. Ligi) officially called the Sultans League (Turkish: Sultanlar Ligi), is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Fe ...

Champion, with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem * 2010-11

Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League The Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League ( az, Azərbaycan Volleybol Superliqası), is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Azerbaijan. It is run by the Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation. It is considered to be among the top ...

Runner-Up, with

2012–13 Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League The 2012/13 season of the Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League ( az, Azərbaycan Volleybol Superliqası), was the annual season of the country's highest volleyball level and was conquered for 5th time in a row by Rabita Baku. Teams # Rabi ...

Runner-Up, with

* 2015–16 Azerbaijan Super League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

References

External links

* 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Baku Azerbaijani women's volleyball players Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate volleyball players in Switzerland Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's volleyball) players European Games competitors for Azerbaijan Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games Lokomotiv Baku volleyball players Liberos Azerbaijani people of Ukrainian descent Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{Azerbaijan-volleyball-bio-stub